CODEWITHSUNDEEP
vb.netbatch-filevisual-studio-2012
user3290034
user3290034

Reputation: 21

visual studio run .exe with argument

I am new to visual studio and new to stackoverflow. This site has been very helpful in great was. I have made a button to run a .exe and it world well. I am now trying to run that .exe with arguments and dont know how. I normal run it with a .bat file but would like to switch it over to .exe.

Here is the .bat with the arguments i normally run.

program.exe -o www.website.com -u user -p password

Here is the visual studio button i have made

Public Class Form1

    Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        Process.Start("E:\test\program.exe")
    End Sub
End Class

How do I run the .exe with those arguments. Thank you for you time and help.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 7601

Answers (1)

Steve
Steve

Reputation: 216243

Process.Start has an overload that takes two parameters, the second one is the arguments list that you want to pass to your process. 

Public Class Form1
    Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        Process.Start("E:\test\program.exe", "-o www.website.com -u user -p password")
    End Sub
End Class

You could also look at the overload that takes a ProcessStartInfo that allow to fine tune the environment in which you start the required process

The receiving application can get access to the parameters passed using code similar to this one

For Each pp in My.Application.CommandLineArgs
     MessageBox.Show(pp)
Next

Upvotes: 7

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